Brush and broom head



UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOZO G *MOREX OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.

BRUSH AND BROOlVI HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,040, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed July 9, 1885. Serial No. 171,093.

To all whom, it may conceive:

Be it known that I, ALONZO G. MOREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsdale, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brush and Broom Heads, of which the following is a speciication, refer' ence being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to brush and broom heads, the object being to provide a device of this character which will serve to effectively hold the broom-corn in 'place and prevent it from being eut or broken, and one that will hold the corn against accidental detachment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a head or holder which shall be simple in its construction, strong and durable, and one that may be manufactured and supplied at a slight cost.

Vith these ends in View the invention consists in the improved construction and conibinations of parts hereinafter fully described,

and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a broom-head constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the greater transverse axis of the device, and Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view of my invention through the shorter transverse axis thereof. Fig. 4. is a cross-seetional view through the clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A represents the broom-head, which is composed of a socket, B,`co1nprising the side plates, C, which are preferably curved, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2. The said side plates, C, are connected by a metal strip, D, which is preferably secured thereto by soldering, said strip connecting the side plates, C. Projecting upwardly from the metal strip D is a socket, E, for the reception of the handle of the broom,

and said socket is held in place by braces c.

The ends of the strip D are extended below the ends of the side plates, C.

F represents wires, the ends of which are turned upwardly, and are secured to theinner side of the plate or strip D within the socket.

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The edges of the extended portions of the strip D are turned around the bent ends of the wires.

As the wires are arranged a distance apart equal to the width of the strip D, it will be seen that sufficient space is provided for the admission ofthe broon1-corn. The wires serve to hold the extended portions of the strip D against inward or outward movement, while said extensions, by being bent around the wires, hold the same against spreading.

W'ithin the socket B is secured a V-shaped clamp, G-, the same leaving a space between each side of itself and the socket, to allow the passage of the broom-corn, the ends of said clamp being secured to the inner sides of the strip D. The said vclamp is composed, preferably, of a single piece of metal, which is bent to form a- V, and a piece of metal, I, is pnt in the whole length of the wedge and wide enough to fill the space at the top of the wedge, as shown more clearly inl the sectional view, Fig. 4.

rlhe piece I is placed in the top of the wedge, between the two inclined sides, and is soldered fast to the wedge before securing the ends of the latter to the broo1n-head. The object of this piece I is to prevent the wedge from closing up at the top when the broom-corn is pushed into the head, because the latter must be lled full, so as to have the wedge act as a clamp in pressing the corn against the sides of the head. Vhen the head is full, the upper edges of the inclined sides of the wedge form sharp contact-points, which will prevent the corn from pulling or working out of the head while in use. The wire'F helps to hold the corn in also; but when'the clamp is constructed as described it will hold it alone with perfect satisfaction.

The wedge can be made and put in after the rest of the head has been completed, or fastened to the edges of the head before the sides are placed in position.

By providing the Vshaped clamp or wedge it will be seen that the broom-corn can be readily passed by the same in inserting it in the socket, but that as the wedge is larger at its upper than at its lower side the corn will be prevented from slipping out.

In case of a large or thick broom, I pivot a clamp secured in the strip D of the socket, and hook, H, upon one of the Wires F, and engage arranged parallel and out of contact With the the free or hooked end with the other Wire, plates C, to leave intermediate spaces for the thus holding said Wires from being bent out insertion of the broom-corn, the Wires F, con- 5 of place and from spreading. nected to extended ends of the strip D, and a 2o Having thus described my invention, I link, H, connecting the Wires intermediate of claimthe ends of the said strip, substantially as del. In a broom-head, the combination, With scribed. asocket, of a V-shaped clamp or Wedge located In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Io Within the same, the extended portions, and my Own I have hereto affixed my signature in z5 the Wires having the uptnrned ends secured presence of two Witnesses.

to said extended portions, as set forth. ALONZO G. MOREY.

2. A broom-head having a socket compris- Witnesses: ing the curved side plates, C, and an end ROBERT A. XVEIR,

15 strip, D, in combination with a V-shaped A. W. BRANCH. 

